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This database is for anyone interested in visiting geological
locations across Europe either for general interest or as an
educational field trip. Here you can search the database for locations
by keywords, countries or categories to see what might be of interest near
you.

If you have images of the location you can upload them on
Imaggeo, the EGU’s open access image
repository, and they will be made available on the database site pages
automatically.

Descriptions of locations include type of scientific exposure or
landmark, location and accessibility, to help users decide whether the
site is suitable for a family visit or a school field trip. Anyone is
free to search and upload a location to the database, therefore the
EGU does not necessarily endorse the scientific, educational or safety
descriptions of the locations.

Do you know an interesting museum, park or landmark with geoscientific
relevance? If so, please add the location to this list using the
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From Imaggeo.egu.eu: The Reykjanes Ridge, located in the southwestern part of Iceland, is part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge system and separates the European and American plate. http://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/1363/

Roadside stratigraphy - the complete succession of the Barremian period exposed and full of ammonites, part of the Reserve Geologique de Haute-Provence, more details: http://www.resgeol04.org/angles.html

From Imaggeo.egu.eu: The picture shows the emerged cluster of bending balsalt colums on Staffa Island of the Inner Hebrides (Scotland). The Palaeogene basalts are the eastern continuation of the Giant's Cause Way. http://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/1193/

From Imaggeo.egu.eu: Soil profile of a Calcixerept (Soil Taxonomy) from Onil, Alicante, southeast of Spain. http://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/30/. Calcixerepts are thin layers of soil that touch rock less than 50cm below the surface, a good place to examine soil types.

Being a private initiative, the Center for Research and Geological Interpretation of Canelas - Arouca, CIGC-Arouca is a Site Museum, known internationally for the collection, inventory and exhibition of the world's largest trilobites. As a unique example of cooperation between extractive industry, science and education, it provides a high quality Educational Service and Scientific Tourism.

From Imaggeo.egu.eu: http://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/1406/
From Geolog http://geolog.egu.eu/2013/04/29/imaggeo-on-mondays-the-chalk-cliffs-of-etretat: "Étretat is a coastal region in northern France, well known for its stunning geological landscape. Particularly the headland you see here. Headland erosion is perhaps one of the best known processes in coastal erosion, where a crack in the headland is opened and enlarged by hydraulic abrasion. Continued wave action causes the widened crack or cave to break through the headland and form an arch. As erosion continues, the arch collapses, leaving behind a stack (or needle) that erodes down to its base to form a much smaller stump. But that’s not all there …

From Imaggeo.egu.eu: Different degrees of oxidation during hydrovolcanism, followed by varying erosion rates on Lanzarote produce brilliant colour contrasts in the partially eroded cinder cone at El Golfo. Algae in the lagoon add their own colour contrast, whilst volcanic bedding and different degrees of welding in the cliff create interesting patterns. http://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/1498/

The Deccan Traps in west-central India are one of the largest volcanic features on the planet. The solidified layers of flood basalt that make up the traps rise up to about 2,000 metres and cover an area of some 500,000 square kilometres. They are thought to have originated from volcanic eruptions that occurred between 60 and 68 million years ago. The lava flows are believed to have covered an area approximately half the size of India (1.5 million square kilometres), being reduced to the present area due to erosion an plate tectonics.

After the disastrous storm surge of 1953, many sea-arms of the delta in the Southwestern Netherlands were closed off by dams and enormous storm surge barriers that are only closed during dangerously high water levels. The marker on the map is located on the artificial island Neeltje Jans, which is part of the 8km long Oosterscheldekerng (Eastern Scheldt barrier). A visitor centre is located there. Other impressive parts of the Deltaworks are the Haringvliet sluices (51.8338N,4.0514E) and the Nieuwe Waterweg barrier (visitor centre 51.9568N,4.1675E) with gates as large as the Eifel tower.

From Imaggeo.egu.eu: Rock folds on the south coast of Kerrera, Scotland. Although a small island Kerrera (pronounced Kera) has lots of interesting geology. Based on some Dalradian rocks, metamorphosed around 540 million years ago is Old Red Sandstone (deposits of river sediments) and on top of that is volcanic sediments from ash - from a nearby lava sequence on the mainland. Check out this area for lots of interesting geology and a journey through time! http://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/964/

From Imaggeo.egu.eu: The Gorropu gorge is the deepest Italian canyon, with walls up to 450 m high. It is located in the "Parco Nazionale del Gennargentu" and it is reachable with a 3 hour hike through beautiful strawberry tree woods. When entering the gorge I was quickly captured by the huge dimensions, but once I arrived in the core of the canyon what astonished me the most was the unbelievable silence. http://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/1516/

From Imaggeo.egu.eu: Soil profile of an Haploxeroll located in "Puerto de Benifallim", Alicante, southeast of Spain. http://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/31/. Haploxerolls are thin layers of soil that touch rock less than 50cm down, but also tend to be aridic in nature (lacking water).

Museum dedicated to one of the founders of modern geology, Hugh Miller, including details of his life and geological finds.
"Hugh Miller was a self-taught geologist, and wrote about the history of the earth with an eloquence, breadth of imagination and descriptive power like no one else has then or since.
His fossil collection of over 6,000 specimens became the founding core of what is today's Scottish national collection in the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh. His books, such as The Old Red Sandstone, The Cruise of the Betsey, Footprints of the Creator, Testimony of the Rocks, Scenes and Legends …

In Krapina Neanderthal Museum you will discover how Neanderthal people lived and find out about their life in various parts of Europe. The museum was built near the Hušnjakovo locality and it has the largest and most abundant collection of Neanderthals collected at a single locality.

From Imaggeo.egu.eu: Cliff on the Western Site of Kurungnakh Island with Ice Complex - Kurungnakh Island - Lena River Delta. http://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/1066/. Here is a good place to see permafrost sequences.

Lochaber Geopark covers 4648 km2 of the West Highlands of Scotland. We are a Scottish Charity organization, SC038372, based in a Visitor Centre in Fort William. Lochaber district has wonderful mountain scenery, including Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles, and western coastline of exceptional beauty, including the magical Small Isles in the Sea of the Hebrides. We exist to promote understanding of the relationship between scenery and geology for our many visitors, and for local people, and to express the geological narrative contained in our exceptional range of rock types, ages and land-forms, from the Archaean to …

The Museum of Lourinhã spans three thematic areas - Archaeology, Ethnography and Palaeontology. Particular care is given to the research, preservation and knowledge dissemination of the region’s rich paleontological heritage (Lourinhã is very rich in fossils from the Upper Jurassic). The museum's collection includes several important findings, a few of which are new species to Science, or holotypes, which confer to the Museum the statuses of national and international scientific reference.

The Turkish Natural History Museum is located in Ankara. The Mineral Research and Exploration Institute which is now the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA) was established in 1935 with the directives of Atatürk. Until that time there had been no Natural History Museum in Turkey. With the studies on earth sciences at every corner of Turkey large amount of samples including fossils and minerals have been collected in MTA. And also numerous fossils and minerals were given as a present from the universities and institutions. All these specimens were the first members of the collection of the …

Pedras parideiras (birthing rocks) are rocks which, after being subject to erosion, "give birth" to nodular blocks of granitic origin. Pedras Parideiras House – Interpretative Center's objective is to contribute to the preservation, understanding and appreciation of this important geological heritage, supporting touristic and educational visits to this place.

From Imaggeo.egu.eu: The Pericink waterfall is a two levels waterfall located in the Vrata valley (Triglav national park, Slovenia). During the winter, the waterfall freeze partly or totally and builds several nice ice stalactites and ice drapes. As the soil on the surrounding is all the year totally water saturated, the winter time provides us an interressting view of the groundwater motion and a "delayed groundwater recharge". http://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/1390/

From Imaggeo.egu.eu: http://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/1166/. Columnar jointing forms from volcanic rocks that cool in such a way that cracks form at the edges of the hot rock/lava. As the rock cools the cracks deepen into the lava, and tend to form columns that have between 3 and 12 sides. The cracks form like this due to stress differentiation within the lava when cooling.

From Imaggeo.egu.eu: Redox processes causing a pattern of red to greyish green mottles in a Regosol, Ria Formosa, Portugal. http://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/1285/. Use this location for a chemistry or geography class, and combine knowledge of different subject areas like a real scientist!

From Imaggeo.egu.eu: Picture was taken in Kazimierz Landscape Park, the most dense network of ravines (11km/km2) in Europe. It shows rapid erosion in loess soil. Because of unearth roots, this ravine is named Korzeniowy Dol (Root-Hole). http://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/1353/

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